St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-15

side over them. he was hauled out OF his
bed three times and pleaded with to say
that he was a divisionist and he might have
the speakership. This he absolutely re-
fused to do. D. S. Dodds. of Lakota, the
homeliest man in the house, came
WITHIN AN ACE
of receiving the nomination. The South
Dakota men were willing to support him in
the belief that he was fair and would rule
impartially, but the willingness of the
South to accept Dodds aroused the sus-
picion of Sullivan, of Plankinton and Men
ger. of Mitchell and they refused to go
into the caucus. This killed Dodds off,
and E. 4. Williams. of Bismarck. whose
ambition is constantly reaching out for
something to grip, thought he saw loop
hole through which he could crowd into
the speakership, and he probably would
have succeeded had not the South Da-
kotans caught on to him and, recognizing
with determination to unite on any man
rather than to see the honor 90 to q Bis
marck representative. they settled on
Crosse, a Hyde county farmer, and elected
him. much to the chagrn of Williams and
his friends, who were hopeful TO the last,
and. after the first ballot which was an in
formal one, was taken in the house Tues
day morning. giving Crosse a big majority.
Sullivan made a motion that the house adj
journ till noon the next day, with the hope
that Williams friends would be able to eau
Gus and put up a combination by which he
would be elected. But the South Dakota
clans were not to be hoodwinked: they saw
the game. buried The motion, and elected
their man on the next ballot.
A WORD ABOUT CROSSE.
1t is hardly possible that the house could
,,l,o o1-n,. 4l,o,,
they did when they threw the toga over the
shoulders of q. c. Crosse. One would get
the impression at the first glance at him
that he was rather below the ordinary grade
in point of intellect. and when he mounted
the speakers stand Tuesday afternoon
those who were unacquainted with the man
smiled under their hands and wondered
what in the ID that fellow could say
Before he had finished they discovered that
he was no SLOUGH by several mile stones,
| and he delivered an address that was elo-
quent and polished. He is a very heavy
set man, with no SuperfiuouS flesh on his
tall, broad frame His limbs seem to have
been moulded for giant, and his shoulders
| look broad and strong enough to bear up
the Western hemisphere. His hands hall
cover the top of the speakers desk, and he
wears No. IA boot. A massive head sits
firmly on a short, thick neck, and over a
broad forehead shock of black hair lies
neatly and submissively. His eyes are blue
and full of good nature. He dresses plainly
but neatly, and his movements are awk-
ward, but when he
BRINGS HIS GAvEL DOWN
on his desk with force almost to split it.
the house immediately comes to order and
he rules with an easy grace that proves him
a tirSt-class parliamentaran. He is slow tC
anger, but when his wrath is once aroused
he is hard man to handle. A story is tolc
of how few nights ago. about midnight
he happened to be walking along Thirc
street on his way to the hotel. Just as ht
reached a dark alley TWO men stepped on
and, holding pistol each side of his head
ordered him to hold up his hands.
| Not by a id sight, replied Crosse, at:
too cold, an 1 haint got any mittens with me.
Hold up yer hands, ordered the men
''or Wen shoot yer full er holes"
shoot and be doggone,' said Crosse. .
| haint done nuthin' I'm ashamed of. an
might as well drop off now as ever, sup
pose.'
The men had gradually edged closer to the
speaker of the house, and suddenly sprans
at him and grasped his arms. He coOlll
pulled his hands from his pockets, caught
the two men by the neck, and pounded
their heads together until their cries at
tracted the attention of policeman, wht
came up and was about to arrest them
when. Crosse tossed them out into the quite
and told the officer not to bother with them
as they were friends of his and they were
only having a little fun among themselves
Crosse picked up the pistols the men haC
dropped, and putting them in his poke
went to his hotel. When he reached hi.
room he pulled the pistols out to examine
them and found that they were whitfield
out of pine. He will keep them as momen
toes ct his first visit to Bismarck.
Tee AITCH.